Curiosity Cards Aotearoa Explained

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Front of curiosity card TMCC1 with an image of Ātea a Rangi (a celestial star compass) in the Waitangi Regional Park near Awatoto, Napier
Navigation (TMCC1)
:Front of curiosity card TMCC2 with image of waka hourua (double-hulled canoe) Te Aurere being greeted in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay
Waka hourua (TMCC2)
Front of curiosity card TMCC3 with image of Tupaia's painting of a Maori trading a crayfish with Joseph Banks
Māori bartering with Joseph Banks (TMCC3)
Front of curiosity card TMCC4 with an image of a ship's nail
Te Horeta's nail (TMCC4)
Front of curiosity card TMCC5 with an image of a matau rino (iron fish hook)
Matau rino (TMCC5)
Front of curiosity card TMCC6 with an image of a group of Māori in front of a wharepuni (sleeping house)
Whakapapa (TMCC6)
:Front of curiosity card TMCC7 with an image of the 'Crook Cook' statue
'Crook Cook' statue (TMCC7)
Front of curiosity card TMCC8 with an image of the silver fern (Cyathea dealbata) specimen collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander
Silver fern (TMCC8)
Front of curiosity card TMCC9 with an image of a huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) bird specimen
Huia (TMCC9)
Front of curiosity card TMCC10 with an image of a plate of hāngi
Hāngi (TMCC10)
Front of curiosity card TMCC11 with an image of a the sign for Mt Cook School, Wellington
Mt Cook School in Wellington (TMCC11)
Front of curiosity card TMCC12 with an image of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh wearing kahu kiwi (cloaks made with kiwi feathers)
Kahu kiwi (TMCC12)
Front of curiosity card TMCC13 with an image of Tame Iti holding pou whenua, accompanied by Whina Cooper leading Maori Land March in Hamilton
Hikoi (TMCC13)
Front of curiosity card TMCC14 with an image of Māori removing the jawbones from a dead sperm whale at Paekākāriki
Whales (TMCC14)
:Front of curiosity card TMCC15 with an image of a police dawn raid in a scene from the drama series Westside
Dawn raids (TMCC15)
Front of curiosity card TMCC16 with an image of a tattoo on a person's arm that combines Māori kōwhaiwhai design with Scottish tartan patterns
Cross-cultural identity (TMCC16)
Front of curiosity card TMCC17 with an image of a multicultural crowd watching a performance
Multiculturalism (TMCC17)
Front of curiosity card TMCC18 with an image of a kauri tree that has died from kauri dieback disease
Kauri dieback disease (TMCC18)
Front of blank curiosity card template
Blank curiosity card template
Resources for learning
Teaching tools and resource guides
Curiosity cards for inquiry
Set 1: He Tohu and Tuia Encounters 250
Set 2: Tuia Mātauranga
Navigation (TMCC1)
Waka hourua (TMCC2)
Māori bartering with Joseph Banks (TMCC3)
Te Horeta's nail (TMCC4)
Matau rino (TMCC5)
Whakapapa (TMCC6)
'Crook Cook' statue (TMCC7)
Silver fern (TMCC8)
Huia (TMCC9)
Hāngi (TMCC10)
Mt Cook School in Wellington (TMCC11)
Kahu kiwi (TMCC12)
Hikoi (TMCC13)
Whales (TMCC14)
Dawn raids (TMCC15)
Cross-cultural identity (TMCC16)
Multiculturalism (TMCC17)
Kauri dieback disease (TMCC18)
Blank curiosity card template
Fertile questions
Primary sources — how to use them
Inquiry exemplars and templates
Open-the-Book tools for teaching children's and young adult literature
Explore He Tohu with your students
World War 1 (WW1) resources
Topic Explorer guide
EPIC guide
AnyQuestions guide
DigitalNZ guide
Papers Past guide
Index New Zealand (INNZ) guide
Videos
Additional Notes
Set 2: Tuia Mātauranga
Use this set of curiosity cards to inspire inquiry and conversation about 4 Tuia Mātauranga topics: Voyaging, First Encounters, New Zealand History, and Legacy of Learning (Relationships and The Environment). Each of these incorporate the themes of Tuia — Encounters 250 commemorations.
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